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As world leader, what would your priorities be?

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First order of business: get them death panels Obama promised us up and running! Next, I'd institute a mandatory screening for idiocy and sterilize those that suffer from it. All other problems would work themselves out.
 
The Emperor had a good start until the galatic civil war. Then the Ecclesiarchy and the rest of the Imperium made a mockery of everything he did.
 
Well, I suppose its time I chime in to tell you how it should be done. No but seriously, with power like that, I would pick the sexiest women on earth and make them all live with me. My life would be a sexual arcade of coin-op gully pleasure.
 
First, I would blow up MT. Rushmore and put my kissable face on it. Next, I would destroy the American currency and put my face on it.
 
First Decree:

All iOS products with a larger than 4 inch screen must have 2GB of RAM minimum, period!!!

(You can tell I have my priorities straight)
 
Ok serious answer for real, the first (monumental) step would be to reorganize and balance the global economy without any subsidies or any of that bullshit. Once that's done the global GDP will probably be two or three times what it was before, both through more efficiency and regular growth. Then taking on massive infrastructure projects, such as overhauling the US's electrical grid, would be relatively easy.

Once all the deferred maintenance and obvious inefficiencies are taken care of, the focus would switch to scientific development. Fusion power, cybernetics, and genetics would probably be the main focuses, though I'd be sure to keep money flowing into things like materials science as well.

My social programs would be really simple, because I don't care about that so much. Regions would be free to do whatever, so long as it doesn't interfere with economic activity or citizen's rights. That said, rationality and mutual acceptance/cooperation would be the party lines.
 
Depending on your sense of humor I think a world leader could do things like decree the global language to be Xhosa and make burkas mandatory on everyone.
 
Ruptga said:
Ok serious answer for real, the first (monumental) step would be to reorganize and balance the global economy without any subsidies or any of that bullshit. Once that's done the global GDP will probably be two or three times what it was before, both through more efficiency and regular growth. Then taking on massive infrastructure projects, such as overhauling the US's electrical grid, would be relatively easy.

Once all the deferred maintenance and obvious inefficiencies are taken care of, the focus would switch to scientific development. Fusion power, cybernetics, and genetics would probably be the main focuses, though I'd be sure to keep money flowing into things like materials science as well.

My social programs would be really simple, because I don't care about that so much. Regions would be free to do whatever, so long as it doesn't interfere with economic activity or citizen's rights. That said, rationality and mutual acceptance/cooperation would be the party lines.
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Get outta here with this rational shit. 😉
 
Ruptga said:
Ok serious answer for real, the first (monumental) step would be to reorganize and balance the global economy without any subsidies or any of that bullshit. Once that's done the global GDP will probably be two or three times what it was before, both through more efficiency and regular growth. Then taking on massive infrastructure projects, such as overhauling the US's electrical grid, would be relatively easy.

Once all the deferred maintenance and obvious inefficiencies are taken care of, the focus would switch to scientific development. Fusion power, cybernetics, and genetics would probably be the main focuses, though I'd be sure to keep money flowing into things like materials science as well.

My social programs would be really simple, because I don't care about that so much. Regions would be free to do whatever, so long as it doesn't interfere with economic activity or citizen's rights. That said, rationality and mutual acceptance/cooperation would be the party lines.
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That sounds pretty good actually. Cut back on wasteful spending and all non essentials, align the world to focus on what actually matters and stay the course until we change ourselves, get off this rock or both.
 
doubledeluxe said:
Get outta here with this rational shit. 😉
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Yeah I know, it would never fly unless I was an absolute leader; anything else would require at least a few arbitrary invasions or disenfranchisements in order to keep the population led on and under control.
 
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1. eliminate all competitors

2. replace leaders of all departments with people loyal to me, regardless of their qualifications

3. establish secret police loyal exclusively to me with wide-ranging powers to stifle all dissent
 
Ruptga said:
Ok serious answer for real, the first (monumental) step would be to reorganize and balance the global economy without any subsidies or any of that bullshit. Once that's done the global GDP will probably be two or three times what it was before, both through more efficiency and regular growth. Then taking on massive infrastructure projects, such as overhauling the US's electrical grid, would be relatively easy.

Once all the deferred maintenance and obvious inefficiencies are taken care of, the focus would switch to scientific development. Fusion power, cybernetics, and genetics would probably be the main focuses, though I'd be sure to keep money flowing into things like materials science as well.

My social programs would be really simple, because I don't care about that so much. Regions would be free to do whatever, so long as it doesn't interfere with economic activity or citizen's rights. That said, rationality and mutual acceptance/cooperation would be the party lines.
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I'm glad that we are on the same page.
 
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